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Lightning strike sets Greenville apartment building on fire

A lightning strike set an apartment building on fire as storms rolled through Greenville County Thursday afternoon.

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Updated: 11:36 PM EDT Jul 3, 2014

Lightning strike sets Greenville apartment building on fire

A lightning strike set an apartment building on fire as storms rolled through Greenville County Thursday afternoon.

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Updated: 11:36 PM EDT Jul 3, 2014

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WEBVTT BRIGHT AND EARLY AT 4:30AM. NOW TO OUR OTHER DEVELOPING STORY. WEATHER IS BEING BLAMED FOR A FIRE AT AN UPSTATE APARTMENT COMPLEX. FLAMES RIPPED THROUGH A BUILDING AT ASHTON WOODS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN GREER...FOLLOWING A LIGHTNING STRIKE. TWO APARTMENT UNITS ARE A TOTAL LOSS... AND TONIGHT...DOZENS OF FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO SLEEP SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN HOME. NEWS FOUR'S LIZ LOHUIS JOINS US LIVE AND LOCAL WITH THE LATEST... LIZ? I'M LIVE HERE OUTSIDE ASHTON WOODS IN GREER... 20 FAMILIES ARE DISPLACED TONIGHT... THE RED CROSS HAS OPENED A SHELTER FOR THOSE WHO NEED A PLACE TO STAY. FIRST...CAME THE WICKED WEATHER. <" we were in the living room-- me and my son and it went BANG THAT CAUSED THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. <"they are not that unusual believe it or not." CREWS WERE workers are very good at helping ELSE WAS HURT. THIS SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX CAUGHT FIRE FOUR YEARS AGO...AND LEFT 29 PEOPLE HOMELESS. LIZ LOHUIS WYFF NEWS FOUR LIVE IN GREER.

Lightning strike sets Greenville apartment building on fire

A lightning strike set an apartment building on fire as storms rolled through Greenville County Thursday afternoon.